Reference material
Some useful articles to help you with your air conditioning inspection.
Why air conditioning inspections are required
Having your air conditioning system inspected by an Energy Assessor is designed to improve efficiency and reduce the electricity consumption, operating costs and carbon emissions for your system.
When is an air conditioning inspection required?
All air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of more than 12kw must be regularly inspected by an Energy Assessor. The inspections must be a maximum of five years apart.
Systems requiring an air conditioning inspection
Only air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of more than 12kW are affected by these regulations.
Responsibilities for ensuring inspections are done
If you control the operation of an air conditioning system affected by these Regulations, it is your responsibility.
What does an air conditioning survey cover?
The inspection will examine the refrigeration and air movement equipment that are part of air conditioning systems, and their controls.
Penalties for not having an air conditioning inspection report
Local authorities (usually by their Trading Standards Officers) are responsible for enforcing the requirements relating to air conditioning inspection reports.
What can I expect in the report?
The purpose of the inspection and report is to ensure that building owners or managers are provided with basic information regarding the efficiency of the air conditioning systems that they control, together with advice on how the energy efficiency or effectiveness of these systems might be improved.
What a report must contain
The inspection report must include an assessment of the efficiency of the system and its size compared to the cooling requirements of the building.
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We, at Redrow Homes, have been using Watt for the past few years.
They have always delivered promptly; meeting our sometimes demanding timescales without failure.
Anthony Smith, Senior Projects
Co-Ordinator at Redrow Homes Ltd
We have been working with Watt for several years now and their involvement in our business has grown steadily due to the fact that they consistently continue to provide excellent, cost effective advice and have an ability to articulate complicated aspects of mechanical and electrical design implications to their client in such a way as it is understandable and as such effective decisions can be taken.
They have assisted us with design advice, performance specifications, EPCs and more recently targetting Net Zero Carbon and the evolving green agenda. Most importantly from my perspective, they are a very personable set of people who can integrate well into design teams and deliver first class advice.